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BEYOND BLACKSBURG
Virginia Tech’s “campus” extends far beyond
its 2,600 acres in Blacksburg.
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The Powell River Project Education Center
in Wise County, Va., conducts research and education
programs to enhance restoration of mined lands and to
benefit communities and businesses in southwestern
Virginia's coalfield region.
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Virginia Tech Richmond Center provides working
professionals with complete graduate degree programs
and classes from nationally ranked programs based at
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Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center
in Abingdon, which responds to the needs of Southwest
Virginia businesses for a skilled and educated work force,
makes courses available from Virginia Tech and nine other
Virginia Tech’s main campus in Blacksburg. Programs
include business administration, education, engineering,
public administration and policy, and information
technology.
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Virginia colleges and universities.
The historical Reynolds Homestead in Critz,
Va., features the birthplace and boyhood home of R.J.
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Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Center in Virginia
Beach offers graduate and professional development
programs to part-time adult students.
Reynolds, a continuing education center, and a forest
resources research center.
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Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center
in Leesburg deals exclusively with equine health. The
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The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
attracts national and international conferences to
Roanoke, expands training opportunities for residents
and businesses in the area, and aids in the economic
complex provides around-the-clock care and treats more
than 2,000 horses annually. It also serves as an important
training center for students in the Virginia-Maryland
Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.
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development of the region.
Virginia Tech Roanoke Center is a joint venture
with 11 other higher-education institutions. It provides
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Virginia Tech Northern Virginia Center is the
home of several research and academic departments for
the university in the National Capital Region.
master’s degree programs from several of Virginia Tech’s
colleges through interactive television, the Web, and
traditional on-site instruction.
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Virginia Tech Research Center — Arlington
is a modern facility that helps the university expand its
research portfolio in the National Capital Region. The
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WVTF Radio provides listeners with classical, jazz,
and National Public Radio programs broadcast from its
Roanoke studio. The station covers western Virginia and
also has a studio and office in Charlottesville and an
antenna in Richmond.
seven-floor, 144,000-square-foot building is U.S. Green
Council LEED-certified and is among the best-connected
research facilities in the world, incorporating nextgeneration
Internet with direct fiber access to National
LambdaRail, Internet 2, and multiple federal networks.
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Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center,
located in Old Town Alexandria, combines Virginia Tech
resources with those from other American and European
universities to focus on the architectural issues of
urbanization and development.
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